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The 'Thirty- Sixth' Congress.'
The present session - of Congress will evb
dently be an unusually exciting and interesting
peitiltarniOridition
Partlei;the many topics of hnPortance that
wiltbe broUght forward.foiCOliiideratiort, and
:ctite fact that It-Immediately precedes the Pre.
!Ildential 'election. ' •Alreatlythe recent Ear
"per'i 'Ferri:loli his'glyen rise to protracted
,debates in both branches of Congress, and the
excited itore'of feeling existingin all sections
ti,tellnioa in reference to, it is echoed in
the Senate chamber and House of Represents
'• If, by thesel,diseussions, the real eon
-Aition of sentiment, North 'aid.South, is faith
''Cilly'portrayedonore gobd• than evil may re-
The'it4ression appears to`
.provalLat ,the, South that large numbers of
f:lierthern , men were' 'closely 'identified with
"Inpo3trevis,'s movements; and that there - are
many persona at the present time who not only
• evithiretto fertitUde with which 'be met his ,
bet. who would he , ready tp Imitate his
example • •
" A Pall and proper inquiry into theilleeent
disturbance May do_much to dissipate this de
"fusion, and to assure the people of the South,
that, however, much Northern sentiment Is
ltlisposed toleslit what Is considered Southern,
;aggiessieni, , there is but little disposition to
invade any legitimate Southern 'right, and a
warm desire to shield this South from any
08 r) 6 tie danger with which she may be threat
, tined.
The purport of the forthcoming President's
message has been foreshadowed in his ,
per
sonal ,organ, and the country has thus been
Informal that, not content with such allusions
. 19 recedt 'bunts as might perhapi not he in
-appropriate, ho is disposed to offensively
elltrat and emphasise the doctrine to Which his
Attorney General, with a sort of extra-judicial
zeal, unprecedented in the conduct of his pre.
'decessers, has euileaveire.il to give prominence'
before the country, that the Constitution vir
' Justly ' snakes all our existing domain unem
, 'traced in the present States (a raid region
eozapriaing half the area of this Republic) as
thoroughly a slaveholding • region at Georgia
_or South Carolina. The legal soundness of this
-doctrine has been disputed and denied by many
of flse totaling legal minds of our country,and but
very small portion of the American people are
at this day disposed to admit its correctness.
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Practically, it may be of little importance, Vol
t - he destiny of our Territories will almost the
,- vitably be decided in accordance with the
wishes, sentiments, and interests of their future'
-inhabitants, anti those who, by settlement upon
their soil and by developing their Natural re=
purees, will gradually: advance them to the
• iardi of sovereign States. But the peciple of
the North, with their' present contrictions,
while they are altaiist universally disposed to
refrain from disturbing slavery In the Stites
where it now exists, 'de hot wish to
rectly responsible for its extension. If the
- National Government is to be legally placed
ta the attitude ofinstituting, protecting, and
Cherishing it in the Territories, the whole
' Union becomes politically responsible for it.
and virtually the. citizens of every Northern
Btate will be as essentially and closely identi
fied-with a legal system i'or upholding it in re
gions over whose government. they exercise a
detect authority as -the citizens of Southern
States, whit by their lora laws sustain it.
' • ft:attire of the•polieY of the Administra-
Den is particularly odious to a vast majority f
the Northern people, and it is one which, it •
persisted in, must inevitably destroy every yes
• . States_
north, of Mason and Dixon's line':
, 'hie experience of the last fow years has
clearly indicated the character of the political
• results whiCh must be anticipated if this them)
. is to be publicly avowed and persistently acted
upon by those who control the organization of
the Democratic party. •
- Se•thorougbly has the feeling in regard to
this prominent issue seized ;possession of the
puidlc mind, that it is to be feared many grave
questions of eminent importance Will not re.
ceive the attention they shoitld obtain during
the present session of Congress. Among these
are the revision of the tariff, the San Juan
ielMtd dispute ; the organization of new Tonne
' rlal Governments, the admission of Kansas Intl,
the Union under the l'f'Yandotte Constitution,
our, relations with Mexico, the proposed
Pacific Railroad, and the deficiency bills neceti
stay to meet post office end other expendi
. turea unprovided for at the last session of Con.
grew Besides, further investigations should ;
rind Probably will, be made into the manner in
which the public moneys are expended under
'the direction of the Administration, ; It is
.proba.ble that many additional scheme's of cor
ruption for which it is directlyor indirectly re.
'alienate, cad Many abuses of a flagrant
character, remain dill unexposed, notwith stand
lug the startling developments made during
the last session.
The British Ministry.
Tho groat present difficulty in the lirltish
Ministry is the Reform Bill, which they are
-pledged to introduce, to the 'approaching Par
liomantary.Seision. Lord PALMERSTON and
1104nimediate tollowersAre Tory to the back
bitlei-add-, ae such, are very much opposed to
any measure which wilt diminish the usurped
power of 'the Aristocracy, and augment the
logitimute power of the . Democracy. We pay
augment, rather than rettere, because, in point
of test i - the British people enjoy, at this me•
inent„not only more substantial freedom than
any other people in Europe, but a great deal
More than any of their ancestors over enjoyed
~before./ . L ord 4/011,1i RUSSELL, who is quite as
much of Pit Aristocrat as any of his colleagues,
has taken up the ides: of reforming the Reform
' Bill of 1832, upon three grounds : First, be
wants to outbid Ppmaznirron, and probably
drive filth out of the Premiership, in hope of
himself succeeding to that office, which is the
virtual' sovereignty , of , England, for the time
being. ,Next,he wants to win the popular Ift-
ver..Leatly, he Amm—none better—that,
j self-styled Liberal' party do not pass a
.7 . ; ciniasuris of Parliamentary Reform, the Con
.,servative party, led by Lord Dauer and Mr. Ms
uatia, will certainly do it; and thereby become
eXireraely popular.
- • The latest news from England Is that the
Cabinet, kais' selected three of its members
:(Sir Conawata.Lxiis; Sir Gsoaaa GIIET, and
• Mr.lirtxtit Grascoir—Ltwo conservative-liberals,
aud•ultra-liberal,) to consult and report upon
What the new Refoim Bill shall be,—that they
- have im reported,—and that, the decision of
" "the Palmerston Ministry is simply to increase
'the tiumber'of voters, by extending the elms
friachiee.- •
e' Aro Strongly dlsinclinod . to believe
this rumor, :von the following grotterls : It is
utterly impossible that Mr. - Musza Gmsott, a
leader of the extreme Manchester party, could
'recommend' such a milk-and-water measure as
'lbis; He' and his party are pledged to seek
ler the disfranchisement -of small boroughs,
" and•tho'transfer' df the elective franchiße to
large constituencies. This feats* one of Lord
Jeux Ressazzos Ideas, far Short as his pro
, gmmmols from whatlhe country and the time
demarid. Lastly, the rumor roac hea us,
'without tho' slightest confirmation from any
Other'qttertorjrum , the London Morning Ati
;• alone, the public-house gazette, which
As famous, or rather foramens, for its weak in-
Sorts of news, home, foreign,
,;and , political, are persuaded that the
- .Pft,brierst66 - 11iplitry has .not yet agreed upon
--AOPrinciPle, far lasi the details, of its Intended
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Letter from Washington
[Correspondence of The Pressj
WASIIINGTON, Deo. 8
As I intimated, Roger A. Pryor made his maiden
speech In the Houle' yesterday evening. Coming
after Mr. Nelsou'a'oonservative Unionessay, it did
not sustain the reputation which went before the
young Virginian from the rourth district. Mr.
Pryor hue been prominently beibre the public for
some years—sO nauoh so that moat persons think
him far older than he Is. Ito la probably about
thirty-five, but does not look over twenty-five. Re
is tall, sUm, and beardless, with a sinewy fratee,
and decided features, which k In repose are as placid
aa mottle r' milk, and, when excited, scornfully Mr*
bulent about the mouth. and glancing impetuously
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from the eye . Ile is eourteous, gentlemanly, and
mild-spoken—and by the tern of a phrase, he Is ex
actlythe reverse, so far as the character of Ma aotiona
and phraseology indicates. He becomes distinctly
excited in both.- The manner in which be wears
his hair makes a strong contrast to his manner at
crab ,times, it being long and thrown back a la
ruritan..
hated by his Monde, he too toadily obtered
into the debate. Again, tt Was an indiscretion, in
my humble opinion, to tackle Nelson, Rho, though
anew member also, and but freeb holm his maiden
Congressional effort, was flushed - with the victory
which the united voice of the galleries proolainted
it to be. What matters it whether Nelson was a
Sonthorn Opposltionist or a Northern moderado7
Elo spoke words of Union and conservatism, which
were peonliarly and partlettlarlY' andeolne to the
lime at the emergency he bn ably confronted.
Mr. Pryor did hot like Nelson's sentiments
ohiely becme° the Republicans applauded thtm.
ito amuse/ the member from Tennessee with
worshipping the phyaioal materialism of the Union
instead of the spirit of the Coontltetion. He
(Pryor) loved that spirit, but when Its dryJoitywee
dethroned, ho no longer would bow to the enary
throne. He held that the Union was in dan.
ger, and when Nelson oonght to •prove that it was
not, be wee acting in a epirlt of hostility-whioh was
3alculated to bring ruin and disgrace. As far as
Pryor was concerned, be would threaten and me
nace no longer; when it was needful to do either,
he would accompany it with s blow. Be condemned
both Witmer and Nelson with giving aid to the be
publicans at this crisis, and helping to place Sher
man in the Speaker's chair. But they should not
escape; nor should Sherman sit there so long as
legitimate and parliamentary resistance could pre
vent it. Ho appealed to the anti•4eoompton lle•
moorats to succor the South with a rather strange
Ilea of political reciprocity.
'Nelson, who is nearly twice the ago (or seems so)
of Pryor, made a rejoinder full of spirit and point.
Lie repudilited the insinuations of Pryor, so far as
assimilation towards the Republ loans was concerned,
mad admitted with pride his oonneetlon with tho
South American party. lie said tho reputation of
fr. Pryoi'had preceded him, and lie did not, from
ill health or some other cam, enetain it. He could
not reply to Mr. Pryor because Mr. Pryor had not
used any argument which it was necessary to re
fute. lie owed Me indebtedness, however, to Mr.
Pryor for some hints gleaned from the editorials of
the latter; ono especially be found of immense use
in his canvass in Tennessee, and It was that—in
speaking of the present Adinfnistration—" from
the highways and by-ways of the Government there
lomes up ar Inenfferable stench." This palpable
hit to dissooiate the brilliant Virginian from tho
ranks of the Administration Democrats created a
general cheer
A oecood ballot for Speaker was soon after bad ,
whiob resulted—for hitorman 107, the Grow men
.mating with the first vote. For Booook, fifl, Gilmer
22, and the rest scattering. The anti•Lecompton
rebels keep to themselves as beftre, with the ex
%,eption of Ad rain, who is tonfined to his hotel.
To-day, we have a bright, crisp, frosty morning
—a clear sky to look at, and a good wintry atmos
-I)here to sniff. There is no diminution of the at
tendance in and around the halls of Congress.
The morning has been devoured by talking to
points of order. The members are scattered about
in all directions, and as I write—just two P. M.—
Depben Davis, of Mississippi, fools hound to
mt-Lamar Lamar. The latter Made so good an
impression on his motion yesterday that Mr. Davis
reit encouraged to the conflict to-day. He has
made a lengthy and very inflammatory speech ;
one calculated to burn itself out and wee set fire
to the Potomac. lie epoaka with mach volubility,
and is not easily understood. Ile ouneluded Bath
au aspen' to all parties to strike down rebellion ;
matting after the fashion of those who build
houses of cards for the pleasure of blowing them
down. One good effoot of Mr. Davis' speech war
that both parties laughed 'with right good will at
Many of his sallies.
The National Demooratio Convention mot lost
oventig." — llon; -- Davra — sv. -- 01711111e,y presided.
rerenty•nine States were represented, and it was
letermined to bold the National Convention et
Charleston on the 231 April next. Mr. Bnohanan
Joshed it to be held in Sumo, but skid he supposed
his desire would, no doubt, make the committee do
exactly the reverse. Whether bethought the time
oducky or unpropitious, itlieing the anniversary
3f his birth day, or not,'l Cannot say. Probably,
ea his time for good or ill look is coming to a close.
the fact that the 231 April is also the birth-day of
Stephen A. Douglas had its influence in making
Sim desire to change the date from that on which
the star of " The Little Giant" burst upon the
earth.
The health of Judge Douglas is still ef a cherac.
ter to need great care and attention. In a few day,,
be will depart for the South. Ma proapecta are
more effulgent now than ever. Re le Inundated
with correspondence from all the leading Southern
Slates, and Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Ken.
tacky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Millolllll contain
many active politicians in favor of his nomination.
As I close, E. Jay Morrie Is euldreeeing the House
with emphatio force In favor of Sherman, and
ehowlng that The Impending Crisis': wee written
by a Southern men;' giving the experiences of a
Southern man, and addressed especially to Southern
man. Erne: MCI:I4MM
TO UN EDITOR OP TEE PRESS—Sir: In your
paper of yesterday an =mai space is allotted
to the controversy now existing In one of our city
banks, in reference to its late president. 7be con
siderations urged In the article in favor of that
officer are molt pertinent and emphatic, and ap
pear to me to indicate a fair solution for the diffi.
malty. I have not the least direst interest in the
affair, but the strietures you have submitted upon
it extend beyond the immediate instance which
called them forth. To me they suggest the case of
mother bank president, who lived and died among
as, and who encountered on hie vessel a storm oom
oared with which the blast of '57 was but a breeze.
Every point in your, reolaimer for Mr. Poker ap-
Ones with increased fitness to the other; and yet,
in an arraignment of more than twenty years in
his native city, not a paragraph has been spared to
hint in the style and spirit, of those with which
your two columns aro filled. The marble at his
g•rave in this December air is not more sold than Is
the treatment of his countrymen towards him!
Bat I am not arid to make a smooch from
Christ's Church burying-ground. Indeed, the
main object of this scrawl has not yet been named.
Itis to invite attention to the monetary system
ender whip)) we live. This formed the inevitable
hack-ground of your sketch, and the implied con
demnation of it which abounds in your sentences
s the most hopeful sign which I have met with in
print for many a day. Your allusion to our pre
sent banking laws prompts the remark, that next
to the guilt of encouraging wrong is that of enact
ing tmpraetteable laws against it.
I know It will be bard to make room for snob a
subject as this between the closely wedged claims
of party polities—especially just now when the
Speakership and the Presidency comb demand
mere than half of our attention; hut the rrcvs"
to my knowledge, has snore than once aoknow•
!edged the importanee of the plain canto of indus
try, of real labor; and if this otiose embodies itself
anywhere it is in the monetary system of a free pee'
pie. I hope you will not only state the errors of
out monetary laws, but will point ont,a remedy in
plain English, and if Icon render any help in such
an attempt it is at your service. PERU.
PIitLADWIIiA, Deo. 7, 1859. •
Leorune OP lay Warta Benclian.—Last
night, at Concert fell, Henry Ward Beecher de
livered a lecture, announcing as his sullied,
"Heads and Hearts." The audience was a very
large one.. The allusions of the speaker to John
Brown, eulogising his oh.ireoter and denouncing
those who.depreolated him, brought down a storm
or Moses, and at one time the exeltement was no
great es to alarm the timid. Order, however, was
tinnily restored, and Mr. Beecher permitted to
proceed with his lecture.
Mn. D. Deueuners AT LAPATETTE COLLKOIC.-
`The eloquent and truth•telling Address, on Pears
for the Future of the Republic, which Mr. Dough•
arty delivered, last July, before the Literary Soci
eties of Lafayette College, Easton, (cud which we
reported in Tag Pease at the time,) has been pub.
!lathed in octavo, at the request of the Societies,
and is worthy of repentant and consideration.
PALM Or EtACIAlit FURNITEIRT2.—T. BIRCII
BON hold a relent oleg4nt furniture tilts morn
ing, at ten o'olock, at their auction store, No 914
Chestnut street,
Everwro Baras.—ln the evening, at 71 e'elook,
they will eel eilver•plated ware, vases, bronze
goods, chine, ace.
Bultavtut.,—ln an article in yesterday's Press
on Judge Bouvier, we were made to say that tho
late Mr. Benjamin Johnson was foreman of the
koftenti publieblog bongo of J. B. Lippinoott
Co., of this city. For formats read founder. -
Rev. Wm. Berry, rector of St. Matthew's
(colored Episcopal) Shurch, has been tried In Do.
emit, and fined fifty dollars for attempting to join
14 marriage, contrary to tho statutes of Miohlgen,
.Thomas Slaughter, colored, and Ellen Watson,
We have 'dykes from Austin, Texas, to the 26 1 1
ult. No elution of an U. S. Senator had then
taken place. The chances were decidedly In favor
of the eleotton of Judge Roberts, of the Supreme
(State) benob, as a OoMprOmlia between Governor
li[O;Lstqn and Vol. Wigton.
PIi ; ESS.-14111ADELfMA, PRXDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1859.
Academy of Mock.
Well, wo have beard Adelina Patti. The public
opinion - Upon her singing will be the name no ours,
we think—that she bee suceeeded, and that she de
serves the mem. The New York Express, which
has a thoroughly conscientious as well as competent
musical eritio, thus expressed itself upon Signorina
Patti when she first astonished New York : tt Every
thing conspired in favor of the young singer her
captivating petcon, her brilliant blank eyes and
rich brunette complexion, her girlish form, her
charming manner, heightened the effect of this
mut:foal talent she displaied i and Otte carried
away the audience. At her first entrance upon
the stage the applause began, find demon•
strations of delight continued till the close
of the opera. The dibtetante woe called
out several times during the evening; was
showered with a perfect storm of flowers;
gariends, wreaths, bouquets, and baskets were
thrown to her, and her dueness wee pronounced.
she bore her bluebrug honors meekly, accepted
the applaten, but, like a true artist, never once
aterrupted tho bUsioess of the stsge, or disturbed
the illusion of the wine to snuff up the incense;
she wee self-peafeesed but Indent, noted well, and
was droned perfectly. There was but one opinion
atflOrtgthe audience, (which woe extremely fashion.
able,) and that was that a great career awaits the
young Patti." This is exactly what 'Coniirred
biro last night, at Signbtliale disst in Lucia di
Lammermoor. the was eiithuniastioally received
and warmly applauded to " the very echo which
dotb applaud again," called back and called out
repeatedly. and bouqueted (we mint make a word
In honor of the occasion) beyond anything we ever
cm before.
Stature small, getre itligbt , but well made,
features refearkably (*.resolve, and splendid eyes,
aro the leading personal points in this Mutant*.
She has yet to learn a groat deal of stage worku
for example, what to do with her hands, how to
control the vibrations of hilr body when singing.
(which La Grange never did learn,) and how to
walk the - stage. Ina word, to be the ravers. of
poor little Madame de Wilherst, who tilled to eau oft
the stage with little, mincing Melia, very ludicrous to
behold. Sign'orina , i'attl has not occasion to learn
action—that she has with her musical organise.
Lion, which makes her emotional expression bY
voice and action to suit the feelings of the none.
She is already a geed notro'ss.
Ller voice is A high lsOpiano. She exhibited very
little or its tower range. nor execution is wonder
ful, especially considering her ago. (On that point
we kayo to say that we have known her since she
was a ohild, and she cannot yet be seventeen.) i c ier
articulation is clear and distinct—retaarkablY so,
reminding tit of ..tennythad In that paitionlah
Iter moat anobei4nl 'plebes wore the duet with
Edgardo, which el6Oet tol I; the beautiful and
touching dttele in the first scene of act 11, especially
the second " To the vedi," and the *hole of the
closing scone of this act; and that h'edri.rending
solo in the last act, whleb Closes her performance.
This last, with its deep pathos finely expressed,
was the gem of the opera and of the craning.
There is no fear. of this young prima donna's
success—provided that she is not oVeykorkeA. Her
voice will acquire fullnesi as she grows older ; if it
be strained cir forced it must inevitably get thin
and sharp. At ( resent, it is very sweet.'
A new tenor, Signor Stigelll, took the character
of Edgardo, hitherto in the babas, in this house, of
Signor Brigncli. Ile has a very good voice, much
more capable of ascending or descending than
Brignoll's, but not half so sweet. His execution
far surpluses Itrignoli's, and he acts well alas. We
have seldom heard the Mule of this part so equal
ly and fairl). sung. His solo,"Sully tombs," was
beautiful, but this was eclipsed by his duo with
Lucy, V mann° ato mall' aura." In Act it,
where his fine acting seconded his singing, ho was
very successful—but his great triumphs were the
two solos in the lest scene of the Opera.
Signor Ferri, Who sustained the character of
Ashmo, fully eenttrined the favorable impression
heihtui made in the Bialian Vespers.
The choruses *ere above the ordinary mark.
The scenery, which we have so often admired,
again seemed worthy of admiration. The scenery
in thislhouse is excellent.
The Sicilian Vespers will bo given, for the last
time, tonight. There will not be a Matiuba to.
morrow, but performances will bo given in the
evening, in which Signorina Adeline Patti will
assist.
Rosa Bonheurs New P auras.
The intimation given to the public yesterday
taunting, that two of 1114'llo Rosa Ilonheeir's pie
tures would be open for eibliiition at the gallery
of Meagre. same, 6. Earle is Son, in the afternoon,
attracted a throng of visitors, which actually pre
vented some who went from approaching within
szarnlying distanoe of the pictures. The exhibi.
tionair her " Iforse - Fair," In the sprtes or aelSll.
won for Its gifted author golden opinions among
our connoisseurs of art, and that magnificent pia
taro alone will always seeiro for her subsevent
efforts the homage of aoriAt from all who saw it.
Ona or the piotures now on exhibition at Mr.
Earle's Is entitled " Los Ilossigneros"—in English,
mule•drivero—the picture representing a company
of Spanish muleteers crossing the Pyranoes ; the
other, "Morning In the Ilighlands;'• also a line
portrait of Rosa Malheur, painted by Dubai°, who
is tepreaented as standing in an open field, her
loft hand holding her portfolio, While her right arm
is carelmtly thrown ober the neck of a ball. Ani
mal pieces are evidently the forte of this dis
tinguished female artist. In the language of her
biographer, "her mission is to decipher the sub
lime poetry of animal nature ; to pencil the won
ders of animal life. and translate upon canvas their
grand oharaoterlitios.' Meters. Earle on have
placed our eltitens under obligation in affording
them the pleasure which the examination of those
pictures so richly afforde, and we have no doubt
thatdurlng the abort limo they are to remain they
will aitraot thousands of admirers. We shall re
fer to them again.
DAN RICE'S GREAT Snow.—ln this place of
amusement the citizens of Philadelphia have a re
sort where they can take their families to witness
athletic and equestrian feats of the most wonderful
character, together with extraordinary perform
ances by trained anitnale, übdonnoetod with any of
those objectionable associations too often attendant
upon similar exhibitions. The establishment is
managed with tact and energy, and new features
are introduced every few nights. On Monday
evening, Joe Pentland, who was formerly a great
favorite in this city, as clown, but who for the past
three years has been performing in Europe, made
his first appearance, meeting with a flattering re
caption, and will play throughout the week. He is
an excellent clown, full of life, and never offensive
in word or action. Other new features have been
introduced, which we have not space to mention
and last evening a grand spootaele, occupying stage
and ring, whloh has been in preparation for a long
time, was brought out with new and appropriate
costumes and appointments. It is entitled Dan
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Union 'Meeting nt BoNton.
BO6TOX, Deo. B.—A " Union mooting" won held
at noon to-doy, at 'Fantail' Hall. It was lamely
attended, hundreds being unable to obtain ut
tnittanoo.
Hon. William Appleton called the meeting to
order, and ex•Bovernor Lincoln prealded.
Prayer wni offered by the Rev. Mr. Megan, of
the Old South Church.
The President briefly OMNI to the circurosten
tee orbloh seemed to esti Tor the present demon
etration.
A teriea of ten retolutions ware read. The third
resolution cave : However narrow or Inoompre.
hensive wee Brown's iniquitous scheme. it was an
undisguised neocult upon the peace and welfare of
the whole country : that we deeply eympathize with
the people of Virginia in the trying motes they
have p,ascd through, and proffer them, their civic
authorities, and those of the Federal dovernment,
our unfailing countenance and support in the
maintenance of the lam of the land and the pub
lic peace."
The sixth resolution pledges our lives, fortune,
and stared honor to uphold the Union "
The seventh resolution declares fealty to the
Constitution, and faithfully and unreservedly to
carry out ail Its obligations.
The eighth resolution dteonuntenanoes everything
tending to produoa alienation between,the North
and South.
The ninth denonnees the apologists for the late
raid at Harper's Ferry as (guilty as those who In
duced it.
Speeches wore made by lion. Edward Everett,
Hon. Caleb Cushing and letters were MA from
ex•Preeldent Franklin Piens, ex•Covorrior Morton,
ex•tlovernor Cliirod, Professor Felton, Mon. B. F.
Butler, B. B. Basalt, Judge Marston, B. F. Mullett,
and numerous others.
As a public, demonstration the meeting was the
greatest ever held in New England. The sentl•
manta of the speakers called forth repeated ap•
prorate.
The resolutions submitted were adopted by no
olamation. Adjourned.
Among the passongera by tbo Perela, at Now
York, are Colonel Preston and family, (minister to
Mailiddo Baron Rothschild, and the remaining
portion of the Into Minister Mason's family.
Mr. Smith O'Brien ha; been lecturing in DA-
M, *a " Amnion end her Inetleullow."
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MUM Ca6IIB.4IIIST SESSION.
U. S. OiVITAG, WASiIINSTON, Dec. S
SENATE,
Mr. SLIDELL. Of, LnultlikOß, gave' notice of Lis
Mention to ittiredilde ft bill making approprirt•
Mt to fdoilltato tho negotiations for the acquisi
tion of Cuba.
Mr. JOHNSON. of Tonne•see, gave a similar
notioa of his intention to introduce a homestead
bill
Revisal other notices were giVen.
Otte for the eenStruOtlon of a railroad on Penn
sYliatla avenue. ,
Mr. Match's (of Virginia) resolution came np
for consideration.
Mr. IMultertz„ of Illinois, resumed his remarks
showing tht Importance of the Inquiry relative to
the sacking of the arsenal Wt
The selling of an arsenal recently is regarded as a
mutter of great itoVtortanoe ; yet the President in
his Message never alluded to the seizure of the ar
senal In Missouri. A resolution wee adopted In
Marob, 185 d, calling on the President for all infor
mation in the departments relative to the affairs
of Rama, yet the report or Captain itiOntrd had
never been sent to the genaie. Ito proceeded, In
reply to Eh Inquiry put by Mr. Yulee, of Florida.
to lay down the principles of the Republican party
—reading their platform, and defending the doe
trines therein contained.
Mr &mammy, of Delaware, 111(1114M If the
Conttltutlon did not give power to ettahlish slavery
in Hansel.
Mr. littatautto to died that it IValo a Corstitution
of freedete„vet of llavery. The word " elave "
doo not, occur In it.
Mr. Toms stated that it appeared, then, that
the whole object of the Republican party was to
exclude slavery from the Territories. He desired
to know whether their:lllBl4n did not apply to the
District of Cnletnble. end all the forte and arsenals
which were under the minglee jurisdiction of
the Federal Government? Row was it in the new
States of the Union?—for the logical eequenoe of
his (Mr. Trumbull's) argueseht ttnuld he that
slaves are nowjilegally held in Louisiana, Missouri,
And every other new State. wanted light
thrown on theme matters, for the question was a
serious one. The doctrines of the,Republicen party
plant seeds of revolution. That Is the platform
on which it is impossible for the country to stand.
The Trojan horse bad been Introduced, out of
which will lemie armed enemies of the ea:lateen, of
the country.
Mr. TRUMBULL thought the gentlemen were en
tirely mistaken as to the principles or views of the
Republicans, end he would endeavor to enlighten
them in a calm and candid manner. J le did not
like to hear them use the word With in this mats.
ter. Not rttOre than one-twentieth of the people of
the South are slaveholdere. And that class ehould
not gArr9g4te,to themselves that they are the South.
Vie exclusion of itaVery from the Territories opts
'rates OS all alike. Northern men will have no
more right to carry slaves there than, Southern
men. The Republican party hat:kits origin in the
question of slavery in the Territories. This Terri
torial question in not settled. The Demo - L.llWe
paity unsettled it. Ile wont on to allude to the
term "Blank Republican" which had been used.
Mr. Yrregs said the term "Republican" having
been consecrated by the Father of hie Country, a
sectional party had no right to eppropriAte it. Ile
would not cell them it black," but leers it to them
eelves to supply the proper designation.
Mr. TnoxnueL replied that they call themselves
Republicans because they advocate the principle's
of Jefferson. If his party had wide any departure
from those prineiplea. he would condemn such a
departure. The fathers of the old Republican
party were the models from whom their principles
emanated. The very words in the Pletform to
which the Senator from Florida bad objected were
written by the bend of Jefferson.
Mr. Tom. To create, And not to destroy, a free
GOyartimeht.
Mr. TRUMBULL Yes ; and wo perpetuate a free
Government by maintaining the principles we ad
vocate. The other party call themselves Democrats
when their legislation is all shaped foe the Interests
of a slaveholding toriefecrasy, comprising only one
out of sixty of the inhabitants of the United States.
Mr. Ceer, of Alehnms. Do von recognise, the
right to reclaim fugitive elaves in the Territories?
Mr. 'Devout:4. I do tinder sot of Congress, not
under the fugitive-Platte act, unless it is made ap
plicable.
Mr. CLAY. How do you reconcile the obligntion
in your platform to give all men freedom, without
counteracting the right to reclaim fugitive slaves?
Mr. Tntomettme That obligation is merely a re
petition of the doctrine enunabotoi in the Decla
ration of Independence. Our Where did not un
dettake to carry out their principles perfeetly.
Every government is An encroachment, more or
lets,, upon the natural rights of man; they were
Men who had fled from the despotism of the old
wort!, and enunciated general principles, carrying
them ant too far es eircumetaneee permitted.
Mr. CLAY. Explain how you can reconcile as eon
siatent with the personal integrity of the (Miners
of the Deeinration of Independence and the Fede
ral Constitution, their holding of skeet retaining
them as eleven. and distributing them by their last
will and testament among their doettendante. with
the declaration that all men aro entitled to life and
liberty.
Mr. Tnemnitee. Under the eireadnitanees they
Minot regard it as a crime to hold sieves.
Mr. (key. Are there any circumstances under
which crime eon be justified premed. or tolerated ?
Mr Terweeete T den't cell it crime in the citi
zens of the South to hold sleeve..
Mr. CLAY re not polygamy a crime? Your plat
form cinemas slavery and polvgemy together.
Mr. Tnnateree. It IS a erimeunder !OMR Menem
etenees. I take it that it le not n crime In Turkey.
Mr. CLAY, Interrupting. I thank you for that
eolleession in this Christian country.
Mr. Trtnatree. We regard it cc a rririle, hnt
other bedene do not regard it so. I don't regatel
holding Pintoes se a crime. as they are often held In
the Southern States. I think it is a wrong. but It
is better to endure that wrong than undertake to
right It by a greeter crime and greater
Mr CLAY. Then. I understand you that right
and wrong are merely conventional, And depend
on the laws end morel sentiment of tevietv.
Mt...foment,. Nnt entirely; nithough many
things are criminal or inneeent according to air.
eumatnnees. When we 'peak of crime. we mean
violation of the laws of the land. There are no
lows ocelot polygamy in Turkey or nicitinst
slneery in the South. This thine of holding part
sons in slavery depends upon tho eircumatances
who have slime f bold it on en evil ' • but, in to ,
jn It is not A crime in every instance.
hove never no regarded it I do believe that
'slavery is Wool in the District of Oolombio.
Mr. Prot, of Ohio. asked if he spoke for his
party or himself alone?
Mr. TRVATBUI.T. Paid he spoke for himself. end
exrleineti the principles of the lleptiblieon party
cc they are understood by the peonlo North and
Writ, who are conservative, Unlon.loving, law.
shidinir nevls
Mr. Peon asked if Ger. Chase. of Ohio, wee en
expnrent of the principles of the Republican
party.
Mr. Titugene, replied that the platform
was .the only fathorised source stigma@ to (T
-rice their principles. There might be et mitt)
difference between the rentlmente of Republl•
cane, on some points, as between Mr. Pugh and
the rest of the Democratic party on squatter
sovereignty;" but he did not think there was.
This was the mewl of thirteen hundred thousti , d
men. and no doubt some Moreno° existed in their
opinions on certain points. lie (Mr. Trumbull)
meintained that neither Congress nor a Territorial
Legislature bed the power to create slavery in a
Territory, and took strong ground In favor of coin.
nixing, under the fostering care of the Government,
the free colored population of tbo United States,
and those who may hereafter become free, by ye.
luntery acts of States or iwilviduels, in some place
or territory not ton remote. until they shall he
enabled to form a Government for thempelyee. Me
exproesod the wish that this should become the
settled policy of the Republican party. Ho rend
from the writings of Jeffereon and speeches of
Henry Clay hearing on that subject.
Mr. Tnowatett, continued. Having given my
understending of the Republican plattlom. I wish
to ask Southern Senators why this persistent ni ie.
renresentet inn ? Why ere we called Abolition' ste
What is to be gained by It? fa time Singh to gain
anything by making their inhabitants. believe that
the great Republican party of the North Is ready
to put knives and pistols into the hands of the
Nifl7oS to murder their masters? Will there he
any less likelihood of insurrection, when Yon bawl
inenlimeted throughout the slave population that
the Republican party is ready to arm them to
slaughter their masters? Why not then ,treat us
brethren? We de not mean, when we pay that
all men were 'created rqii eh that every man in an
organized society has the VIM rights. We do not
tolerate it in Illinois. I know there is a dletlnetinn
between these races. The Almighty hoe marked
it upon their tam and man cannot. by leaisletion
or otherwise, produce a perfect equality between
these races, en that we can live bitingly together.
I had elwaye been a Democrat, buf now I am de•
flounced as a Black Republican, aa an Abolitionlet
—for 'tome Governors choose to call all of us Abo•
litioniets. Now, I have ohengeit no sentiment on
the question of elevery eine° I ceased to net with
the Demoornte. I have lived under It, and would
be es far as any Senator from Interfering with this
domestic relation.
Ira then proceeded to reply to Mr, Cheenta'a
for South Carolina) remarks in relation to Reward's
"irrepressible conflict" &latrine. Did It emn
port with the candor of that gentleman to
hut° to a great party, which had declared its prin.
ciples in Convention, what any individual Jai&
sal.?
Mr. CHESNUT. Does the gentleman think I did
not presont a candid view of the question?
Mr. Torment.. I think you did not fairly state
my principles.
Mr. Cnr.asrr. What I quoted was taken 'from
the speech of a Senator who Li considered en all
hands no a fing•bearer—the loader who Mood. with
one or tw exceptions, a head and shoulders. like a
tower, lifted 010v° the rank and file of the Repub
lican party. Suoh teen appear often in all parties
—men of ideas. who lead. Such was the gentleman
from whoa opinions I drew my quotation yestar•
•lay. Doan the Senator repudiate the Senator from
New York (Mr Boword) as tllO leader of the Re•
pnblican party ? I doubt if he will have the teme
rity to stand here and deny that Mr. Seward has
right to speak the aentimento of that powerful
party of wide!, ho is the hood.
Now. sir. I do not desire to eateehho the gentle
man. I think he has passed. And. wording. to
my own judgment, when ho faked hie reasons from
the shorter, ho tattoo hie ?Tonle froni the longer and
larger catechism. If I heard aright. I think be
said that It woo one of the prOViPlons of their creed
that Congress hod full and aovereign . power over
the sullrOt of slavery in the Territories; anti, In
virtue of that, they intended to exclude slavery in
the Territories. The inquiry erns made by the
Semiter behind me. It, then. you admit the
power to legielato, hoer will you deny the
power to establish? The gentleman replies:
" Why, Congress cannot establish or do anything,
except so far as the Constitution permits." Oood
doctrine; hut how dose ho show, aooording to
sound doctrine, that the Conatitntion permits them
to prohibit? That portion of his creed is cer
tainly in contravention of the Cenatitution. But,
air. I will not argue the powere of Cungreas on the
aubjeat of shivery It is an exhausted subject.
Rut if r should undertake it I would be able to
show that the whole doctrine of the Senator
has nut the shadow of a foundation. In regard
to the question whether he would take the
opinion of a party from an Individual• Ordinarily,
I would not; but when I end a party acting upon
such principle.; when I find him who is acknow
ledged no a distinguished leader of that party, and
soooneidored and admitted; when I take his well
considered and elaborate opinions—opinions which
have had their effect upon the country—l feel at
liberty and autherired to bald them tip no the well
noneldered opinions of a leader of this great party
of the North. not is the reason why I chose,
upon that dtseursiee debate, to predicate on; ro•
marks utmn that subject.
Mr. TRUMBULL. The Republican party ac
knowledge no man—howevor , high my respect for
the Senator from New York, I do not acknowledge
him—as the lender of the RepubHann part, nor
old ItYpolf responsible for what he may Bay ne the
bold
of the Republican party. We acknowledat,
no leader. Our Republicanism is not a ltopubli
amnion!' of Indere.
Mr. 01Inalettr. Does the Senior reptant° the
views of the setrater froin }few York? if so, then
t )4°le done the Senator injustice.
Mr. Toosteui.L. I repudiate the construction
yon have put upon those views. Mr. Seward tied
no exneetstion of working the change ccoon,
through the notion of the emelt! States end in a
constitutional way. The inference drown from the
irrepressible conflict" of Mr. Seward wee tut
legitimate,, when that gentleman had himself
halts the toceSioh, in the saints speech, to guard
agnlnSi Pilch interpretation.
Mr. CHESNUT. If the Senator will real that
speech again, he will discover that ho comment.
mites to the people of the North that it Is In their
power to coy that this conflict shell he carri-d
on; flint through their power they non proltv.
these results. Ile rattle, the Cram ti of the N oth
fit ,uoi, a conflict. flow wan that to he reconcilod
with the interpretation of the Senator from
Illinois? We know hie rime no exprea+nltog ar
—violet; hroad enough for any purpose. I consider
I hero done no Injustice.
Mr. TRCHHULL, I ens sorry the 'lenator should
mtt here been willing that qualifying remark•
should have gone out with those ho thought proper
to give. I would like to know whether the whole
speech. or only portions of it. knee been el enlist ed
in the Ronth, to inolte an unkind feeling against
the North.
Mr. CLAY, of Ainhama. The whole speech was
published in the Charleston itfercitT, word for
Wqrd. ,
Mr,
.17ttkittnr. it bed mere effect to hring the
Southern 'mind to the condition In which you find
it than anything elm it Is fully understood. •
Mr. Snots. of North Carolina. ft wee onh-
. .
Belled in every Dem-cretin paper in North C tro•
line, for the purpose of Informing the people of the
Smith of the °ldeate and purpose+ of the North.
Sir. Tarlton:a,. I em very glad, indeed,ehnt
urn also terry that it bed such en effect at stated
by the Senatore. I think it bes been telettreier
gloat Thep net:diluent* Were bet beer in tide Num
try. Mr. Seward in net the author of the declare.
Hon of these principles. that there Is a conflict
between tight and wrong, between good end Pei'.
He then reed a latter from the Father of his
Country to Lafayette, Paying that lie t ehonld re.
joke Ina feeHble scheme to relieve Virginia of
slaved- Mr. Titttueutt, contended that the de•
olaratton of Mr. Seward wee nothing Mnro then
the ;views expressed by Waehingten. and Southern
men in 1708. He also quoted the langueee of Jet'
fereon—that there is nothing more oerteloly writ.
ten In the Book of Fate than that three races
should be free. It world bo seen that the idne
was not new. It•ball Its origin In Virginia years
ego; atut the idea fereshadoeted by jefferenn.
although net a part of the erred of the Re.
publioan party, ho trusted It might hereafter
become its creed—that it, the deportation
ne.the free negro population from this coon.
try. He trueted the Rept b'ican party would
make it a pert of their creed to rrnetltt 4.oitti re:
gin of punk" ant bit distant to which the negro
population credit be taken. lie feared the canoe
nuance of Jefferson's prophecy, 'tutees this wa.
done. In (brae of thin movement he tooted from
a Ppecolt of Henry Cloy, nivoosting eolenirstion.
In conelualon, Mr Thulium, add: it teems
to mo impracticable to •transport this greet I
population to Africa. Let ns obtain a coon.
try nearer home, end to thew the evmpathe of the
;North for the South—l know I may say t e
people I represent—we will contribute liberal
mean, to relieve this country of thin free negro
population, and of all the slaves that shall he VO.
lunterily emancipated, by planting them in some
contlonne country to this. I hope that will he
come the policy of the Republicen piety. I hope
we may join ?mule with the South. and Instend of
vproaching enchnther—instead of saying anything
to °reale a misenderetending in the different Pet.
Lions or the Colon—we may come together as our
fathers stood together, shoulder to shoulder, to el-
NAM our Independence—that we may come to
gether side by aide, en brother., adopting a policy
which shall eventually rid na of this institution of
slavery—the only one that threatens our perma
nent prosperity,
Mr. DAVIS, of Mississippi, referred to the fart
that Mr. Trumbull had pot Only introduced an
amendment to embarrass the renointion tinder con.
sideration, hut made a long speech on the general
subject of slavery at a time when the importenoe
of epee ly Potion is apparent to everybody. Mr.
Trumbull complains that the Preeilent did not
send the informetien we wanted. But why did he
not cell for it again? It is not true that a large
number of arme were taken at Liberty, or that a
large nu tuber oe Orals were kept there. Only enough
were taken to arm shout one hundred men, a n d
three light piece, of field artillery. They were not
kept two weeks, end when they worn returned the
whole amount of the expense for repaire and looses
was only 8100. This is the transaction held en as
a parallel to the recent finny in the State of Vir
ginia. 'rho Senator had said more lives were lost
in consequence of the taking of the arsenal at
Liberty, then at liarper'e Ferry. rlO did not
know no them arms wore ever used. The denart•
ment had no information that they were They
were taken for the purpose of preserving order,
and to harm no one.
Mr. Miami, of Virginia, stated °tit Mr. Wiwor
letters to the Governor 3 of ille and Penngylvarda
Dolled tar no al,l whatever. hut mentioned that he
had information that nombinations of armed men
were forming in theta Hates for the purpose (..f
making an ineurdon into Virginia either to reeene
Brown, or to weettro hodages in his place. Whether
these combinations were really formed, ho (Mr.
',fatten) did not know.
Mr. DAVI9 enuld see nothing humiliating in the
Governor of Virginia calling on the Governors of
Pennsylvania and Ohio to take care of the la wleYs
men within their limits. lie believed is eontpi
racy had been forme I. extending not only through
the United States, hut to England. Money had
been contributed and tr. military leader sent h.re
from England to ,tal.e command The intorreet inn
was foretold In England long before it aceurrod
her.. Col. Forbes received his first tussle in Eng
land, and expeoted further mid here; hut when it
was not forthcoming he dentioneel his nesvtotee.
Tho most' odious totters In the whole trona talon
wan that, in this conspiracy. wn Sod a larking, sor
did, commercial nurpola to disturb the South, and
raise the mloo of cotton.
Mr. MaeoN appealed to both lidos of the Sous.e
to let a vote he taken without further debate If
the amendment shonbl be adopted, he would was)
his ltmula of the whole matter, satisfied that it
could reault in no ftno.l.
Mr WILSON '
of MiaMehnßetta sald that come
remarks which bad born sonde the other day de
manded a hut he had no wish t ernharrase
the Investigation. He new no p.rticular Kam
gene), requiring haste. Cotton and negroes nom•
mended a good price. and this woe en evident
attempt to got up a panto and excitement for the
purpose of coiling nut gentlemen et the North of
the rifth.evenne Wipe, who hero long purses end
mnkn large contributions Ile proceeded to rent.:
to Mr. Iverenn's remarks reepeotinc the publio
sentiment In the North, end declared that free torn
of speech did not exist in the South, allotting to
'leveret cases where people had been expelled or
mobbed for expreudog obnoxious sentiments.
Miring Mr. Wil-ou'e remarks a colloquy on•
ourred, in which Mr. Iverson eald they would tar
and feather every one in the South who preached
sedition. LA pplange in the galleries.)
Messrs. BROWN, of Mississippi. And BRAG}, of
North Cnrollne, participated in the colloquy.
Mr. WtLeoe had no defence to ms6a for the ea•
Linn of the Maßs.whitHetta Senate. He spoke In
!mime Immo of Governer Wi.e, whose whole life
had been one of agitation. lie believed en livens.
tigation would bow that Wise and his cm:4 . .41(.70es
had formed a plan that in ease Fremont wee elect
ed, to seise the city of Washington end Ifni-pees
Perry—the very act for which he hex bring Brown
lie allotted to the Now York /brad no furnishing
brains for the Demoaratio party, and containing
materials from which editorials were rehashed in
Washington.
Mr. JOUXBON, of Tenneasee, obtained tbu floor,
but the hour being late, the Senate then adjourned
till Monday.
The proceedings were opened with prayer.
Mr. RiVIR. of Mississippi. rose to make n speech.
when a running di:ems/don occurred nn the pendine
question. whether it was relevant to mxlcesneeehes.
as the previous question hart heretofore been de.
wended and seconded. to cut nit the dis•ne:ton
on Mr. Clark's resolution, and Mr. Gilmer's cub•
stituto.
The Clerk PubmturntlyloPe to put the qu•RHnn
nel proposed, whether it wee competent for him In
denhle question of order pending the election of
Speller.
Mr MlLLeme. of Virginia. objected to a private
citizen. elected by n former Mammas a aubonitnate
officer. presiding over thie body.
Mr. °now, of Pennsylvania, agreed with Mr.
Milleon. FIP would not favor a violation of the ex
preee law of Congress.
Mr. Mevnenn, of Tenneesoe, differed from both
these gentlemen
The point of order wee then withdrawn.
Mr. DAVIS, of Miesiesipni, was in favor of the
continuation of harmony. Ile believed the (lovers.
meet wants saving. Ile was en disonioniat pr
and would make as teeny Pfterifile9 a 9 sny man to
preserve the Union but notwithstanding his devo
tion to the Union. there nro evils greater than die.
union itself He insisted on a strict observence of
the Constitution in order to secure to every section
its jest equality and rights.
It WOO the duty of all conservative, patriotic
men to rally to the support of the Democracy. the
only national party, in put down the Abolition
spirit. There was. notwithstanding what hail bran
said to the contrary. great cause of alarm to the
country. Wo should act instantly, or it will be
altogether too late.
He quoted front the speeches of senator Son - aril
to show the dangerous sontitnente ho avowed to
distract the country and accomplish the overthrow
of the South. To say the labor of the two sec
tions was 001111IMIng and irreconcilable was a de
claration of war, and hence the South were
alarmed end looked to their defence He earnestly
annealed to all patriots to put down these treason
able design.. In alluding to the remarks hereto•
fore bustle by Republicans, ho said • Armed men
have been sent to the South to kill their People
and deprive them of their property. Could the
South be ristient under these circumstances, and
could the', be blamed for taking means for their de
fence? We of the South want pence. Lot the
North stand by the compact of our fathers, Seward
lea traitor, and deserves the gallows! I Minimum
from the Southern side.] Virginia line hung the
traitor Brown, and if they get hold of Seward they
will hang him ' (Laughter and appl.u.e.i
Mr. Monate, of Pennsylvanin, said that, coon
pying a perfectly independent position, ho woe at
liberty to vote on all questions 'wording. to him
sense of duty to his country. lie wes opposed to
all ueneeessery egitation of the subject of slavery
end did not wish to discuss It unless it came be
fore them In a legitimate way. This wicked Ad
ministration had countenanced et cry art of vio
lence and fraud on the people of Rehm., and
brought into Congress a Constitution fraudulent
from beginning to end, and which would not
stand the test of an examination. Hie friend (Mr.
Sherman) hail ateod nobly firm for the rights of
the people against the 'government, standing up
for law, order, concord, and pence. and for this
the gentleman should have his vote as long as there
was any probability of big election. He knew the
gentleman wee a friend of the protection of
domestic industry, and would co organise
the committees no would secure the fair
consideration of that question. •Ho knew Mr
Sherman to boa man ofjost temper and mind, and
Incapable of perverting the rules Into en !WM
ment of despotism. An objection had been urged
that Mr. Sherman had signed a recommendation
for the elvtulstion of Helper's book He (Mr.
Norris) did not sign It. nor had ho read the hook.
So far as he understood It, It was written by 0 na
tive of a &Wham State, almost esolusively ad
dressed to Southern men, and showing the experb
mice of Southern teen as to therelueof shire labor
Gentlemen magnify the book and make It a fermi.
dibte enuine of mischief to the peace of thiA coun
try. Had not his friend declared that he wan
against that book so far as it contemplated an In
fringement of the constitutional rights of the
Routh? What had the Home to do with nelper's
book? Were they, as a ordlege of Jesuits, to ex.
purge the literatitie of the b Gl', and Were they in
act no censors of every ineerdiary work? It was
it most extraordinary protteeding, end lifted help.
er into a enneequeriect he never dreamed of
obtaining. Who repealed the MiettiAri °manna.
Mite, and broke the tv0..1. of moo? Demo.
party. Who g ot up the Kansas-Nehreeka
bill? The Democratic party Who refused to
carry out the provision• of the Kttnnoo bill, delud•
leg Kansan by saying the should have a free ex
creation or her will, and then dem log it ? The
Democratic party. Who brought the question of
slavery here? the Detnocre.in party. And yet
gentlemen were to sit in chic hall end hear the
whole Yorlb creosol et Oct. et eneePittleY eglinet
the Southern Stale.. Was it fair? Was it honor's.
blo anti fair dealing. that throproceedino of small
bodice in the North eltould he token no the indices
of those living in that section? lids eamdituents
were eminently loyal, and he inaleari that they
timid not he tnade partirapt eqmini 4., end It wee
a libel to hold them and tho Minh reeponsibb
for the nations of a band of bad men. It
might renonnahly hn charged that the whole
South worn raeponsiblo fur the ordinance passed
by South Carolina. nelbfring the lawn of the
United Strifes, anti providing for en nettled re.
Pittance. Tho men oho was then the President
one n °Pia m of Tennerese, and he. in dealing
with that subject, mat with a reenntrot. not only
front the Feat and Nast. but from the South. The
prooeerlinge of the Nashville Convention. too, fell
deed on the loyal heart of the Fonth Re would
never despair of making the Constitution end the
Unbn perpoinni. anti hoped they would all live
together as a b on d of brothers. But they never
could lire peneenhlr so long at gentlemen tonne
Into thin hall end inAlet, ea tni.reriteeentationa
and involve lonennt people in the netetf
Mr Moons:. of Alabama, in reply to Mr. Morris,
that sneh it charge tie tho gentionmn had men.
tinned had never been made by the South on the
entire penple of the North. ne knelt there were
men In tho North WI true to the crovitntinn as
thosn of the Snug" ; hot when It wax sold there tone
In the North nn sympathy for John Brown. It wits
libel. The t9rArq of Opt North W. 1.14 full nf de
monstrations nf sympathy, and sotn6 were in
nintirnlng for Brown. Mr. Greelev, a prominent
organ of the Repuhlienn party, said that In rehire
time Brown's name will he held in ',tory e n 4 h e ,
nor. So far ae be know the sentimonta of those be
represented, he bet eaprosted Ids deliberate con
viction when he enia the encomia a purely nee-
.
Honig party ;yenta virtually be a dlvinbution of the
Union. It the Itepuhlionn party cool Ihe defeated
the Union could he premerved; lug' If !nab a pert,
was to succeed, the sunner the Union I. diesolved
the better. the South were on the elefenelve. If
they eould not get their rights in the Union. And
ntuter the Constitution, they were prepared to have
their rights out of it,
Mr. ColiwiN, of Ohio, onggetitedfrhat the 'Nome
tnkn the cotter° reeorte<l to in the nougn when the
New Jersey contested election ease prevented e
prompt organisation. On that neeneinn the vene.
mills John Quincy Adams wee selected an chair•
men until a Swelter wan elected. It had been bin
fortune to tritneSs here every one of the relies
to which reference bed been made in the debate.
Be was hero during the nullification times, end In
1850 If the gentlemen could now ;ammon to
their aid the calm end wise enure, which animated
gentlemen in those Reuel, all nettle tint feeling!'
would he removed. (Applause, 1 tin bad he trd
with infinite pain the repented threats, that if the
Itepnblican party wee successful at the Pres'.
dentlal ele•tion, the wraith would be willing to en•
counter the fetal manstquences of a dissolution of
the Union.
Mr. LAM in, of Mittiesippt,iegnired whether
President Fillmore did not make that very threat
Mr Coawia replied, that probably sue+ en at.
eertion had been made. Prior to Mr Fillmore's
election as Vice President, he expressed. in a formal
manner, every opinion held by the Republican
party of the rd l y Rut it was found when he sue.
corded to the Presidency, that he en administered
the Government an to secure the approbation of
every conservative man. North end Fomb, for hie
impartiality. Fo would It happen to every men
who comes into the Presidency ; no matter whet
speculation.' he may have previeeely expressed, he
will egonnte bin enustitutionel rowers. lir did not
think it fair to judge the Republican "'arty by what
Senator Seward or any other man basomid. He
had vete(' read the speech of that Senator en re
peatedly quoted from. There were hundredsof thou.
SNP ie of men who vote with the Repuhlicans who
had never read It; for there were men in that party
who do not consider theme. Ives the worshippers of
any idol. As to the charge that Seward was iMpli•
°Wed in the conduct of John Brown, he said comer:
could ho connected on each questionable testimony
ni, Iraq sought to be produced. to thought that
this mole of criminnting men ought to he pot
amity. 110 doubted not that if they would trace
the history of our country. they wound all and
something they would be willing to forget; if every
men would examine himself, he would find enme
-1 thing to regret. So of writ' and tiovernmeute.
in the course of bit rematke, he !mid the principles
of the Republicans were those of the framers of our
Constitu , lon, and for this be held himself respond•
hie, hut only es a lawyer. [Laughter 1 He d flared
from some men who voted with that party As to
Helper's book. he did not believe it would change
the opinion of a single man, woman, or child on
the face of the earth.
Mr. SrANTON here explelood that when certain
ruernhere their names recommending the
ciroulatinn of the hook to Often referred to, lit eme
ndation wet not enmnleted. It was to he mad. up
of statistics from Helper's honk and quotations from
the Fathers of the Republic. Tho superintend
ence of the hook wee in the hands Of gentlemen in
whom Clay had confidence
Mr CORWIN retuned. In the course of his re.
marke tin atitt the South wee entitled tow son t law
Watt,o to fugitives. and such was hie belief enn.
oorning the people of Ohio. 'notch war -ern,
what tileonrsiye. and much that he sold kept the
members in exneeding good humor. Ile thunght
there wee nn nrateelon to queered.
Mr. Cox, any.. aro , d that the doctrines of the
Rental:Alegre in Oil. were eithyerstre of the Consti
tution. Cut off the Western Re.erye, and it would
he es Orontes. Democreilc It any State condi boast
Ile add Mr Corwin wee eupporting men and plat
forma which hid no affloity with the fugitlya..isye
law • the perpetuity of the Union, nr the sanctity of
the Federal compact. He naked Mr. Sherman
wNether he bellow , ' In the constitutionality of the
fugitive elate low?
Mr. SonFortm declined. as he di I the other d
to reply to any Irrerregmtnries ; and !tinted to hi,
piddle record fir the lett four years. Ile did not
expect the support of the gentlemen on that side
[Aridness I
Air. Cox sail Mr. Sherman had en nprorneity
to ,nanifest hit love for free States when the Oregon
hill Fence en. het ho went out of the door to fast
the t you might hays sat on his coat•tail. [Laugh.
ter
Mr. SHETINAkt said he was engaged-with it special
Caa'llaittl , at the time,
Mr Cox replied that ell the member, or the
emomitten. with the exception of Mr Sher.
UM. Vote , ' nn the hill. Ito tnehuin I hit ex paging
whit he milled the 11107910 of the Republican party
in Ohio.
Without taking a ballot. the flonee adjourned.
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Ch
raj ° Railroad.
RECEIVER APPIAN Ti D
CcrecILAND, December B.—J K. Edgerton, EPry
of Pitt/inn. WR3 to day appointed reteirer of tbe
Pitteburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad
Company.
PErrnerea, December B.—The District Court, to.
day, on application of the domestic creditors up
pointed a Of quAstrntor far the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne, and Chicago Railroad. This action was
induced by the appointment of a reeeirer In Ohio,
by the United States District Court, upon.applion.
lion of certain bondholders.
The New Style of Government
Envelopes.
WARRINOTOV. December 11—The Postmaster Ge
neral has ordered of the contractor a further Pur
ply of the new self-ruling stamped envelopes. upon
an improved psttern. The new edition will ap
pear some time in J.snnary
The Sunbury and kale Railroad Track
Laid to Warrrn.
Pam, Dee B —The trunk of the Sunbury and
Flo Hailrn•td mix yek*rday NI to the borough of
Wlrren. There are groat rejoloiage to-day among
all clams of the people
Schuylkill County Polities.
POTTRVILLK. DO3 7 —The Dernoortey or sainvi.
kill enunty mat in County Courenti , n, et the Court
nurse, nn Mond iy Innt, , ind iiiinpiool a remlinior
instructing their delegotem to inn , Ph of M . 'reit
Convention to Pn p par t Hon Jacob Try, of Mont
gomnry oounty, for 140wernor.
ltitaiNter Prehtmi and Baron Potheht'd
Passengers by the Steamer Per.aa.
NEW YORK. Dco B—lion. Mr Preston, United
States minister to Spin. end Boron Bothsnhild gtr a
among the pimensters by the steam: Persia, Which
arrived at this port to-day.
From New Mexico.
Sr. Loma, Dec. 7 —The Santa Fe malls of the
7th and 14th ult have ranched Independence. it tit
few Indiana wore encountered on the route, and
they were friendly.
No Portland Steamer on Saturday.
PORTLAND. Iteo. 8 —No !steamer will sail from
this port for Liverpool on Satur lay next.
Arrival of the Auglo..laron
PonTLAND, Me., Deo S.—The efeauphip ogle-
Snxeri, from Liverpool on the 2.11u1t , arrived hero
this morning. Iler kolviee4 hnro been antieipntel
The 01),0 River.
LOUISVILLE, Ky..' Dee. 7.—The river is rising
rapidly. an I there is now ton foot tix Hoban of
water In the eanal, and ei;ht feet on the Cilln The
large honk, for the firgt time thin Ronson. mend, d
the falls to flay. Thu IVI alier in very cold Two
Hebei of ,now fell ye , erday. The mercury mark,
ten degrees above zero.
lilarhelN by l'eleurapb.
CU A FILI 9T0 , 1, Dec. 7 —Cotton—Sclec of 5 WV Inlet to
(lab At irro ulne Inns
IVASNAU, Deo. 7.—Cott - n unchar.ed ; sales of PI)
WAR,
Norio e. Poo. 7.—Cotton ;lull ; gales rf 3 WO 'oleo et
10; , in‘0.340 for trutl.llteg.
N,.w Or LI:AVI One 7—Cotton tmohy - rd ; ACP. of
II l() Lnloa. Sozer buo)ent et Pic 7' •c Mot
lle. Flour adverteir, ; siles old Pr.t•
oh. h l / 1 , rt(l l .llired Olt t'otro, to loverpoel 17 371 Ex.
char; on I undon Sv; cci t. premium. On New
York ;i ifY cent. promo
PtTen~T co 7 —Poor /11.11V0 CI '3 7 7 r. , ; cor ,, uok
Meet weedy ; rod IC /al: lower. Rect.:Las, 1 3tJ or
rule Flour.
11.10 ?0 Pee 13 —Cott..n—Tloltlets ere Wlhtnf ..le/ ;
' , lce of 8 lOU b•lre at 10 , 0 for Ju.ll l h o c. AtloLetn.
Cotton uta.hin cd ; melee 11l lit LI h dee.
Liverpool ( on Cart oln re.
New Yoke. Den 8 —( It, the eiennior
irrn nr that ton thitton llnrket has Lean
,lull nll the week I lon tt..not not 11., loon modrrnte nod
thorn V: 03 n ron.nitorthlo it air loin ',Viz.. nt
the clog., 'I Ire ton rket cloged fl t al lit Orel ne
gni New Orloonn and Moto es 1 ,,4 n seeing of Sd an l'r.-
hittitn Inn mt.. of the Dark lz Vat 1,4 h, at a., 110 ma
tedel n_11111ii• 1,0 tower. Nee Orle Ina Iliddhu, g,
4 atolido (hi Ivit Uri inii (hi Cwd
Nlartioit's Clri til ir awns 1110 recent Ittitlitt not having
bunt Inodoil th.• trsdn ton sp s r n 41 ,4 The elm t o lots
oil . r ed ant not r ood. and holder. act With touch i.Onorril
confide:li e.
Ci..rn an% s there n showmarket ; tint it lige an evi
dent h a .oh, tool rho NIIIIChenIer netrket •.attt 'Aeon
nio rooorato iiiinoen here Ifieniraiiio lots are scarce,
and price s ir them twit 'rho lower aurit
ti„,open candy. are airier
hi o goo. 511..10 i American lower from 'onion! dell.
1 - 10.. Int nor the reeful ran n An'el New 0 Irani( now
erne the din. far Pactiodn the sato IN it, horn
cltnit ts thin IFlRrltet q it not tinproaAnd.
'rho tales to arrtre are viii,, dime, It alth reek ettlo , nl
ate te,lhn to he nce o lllllnntinn I prier , A ton' "Sr
lona now hove mimed which has e keno., a t lqetine n
the better deherno , lona on tier apol. 'rho t niddl ;co di
lieu's n onoopt dadawinch is
Di loans in dale., ;IA: toil do 111;i1. Richardson
hi eerier° report the 'ohm now Co ton .
110 priers are iirlt Thorn la onhd 'nor
In tlin .haintonitnno ”rt • pri d *lit , . nil., it
I eau. , retl at a itorlion 01 t; Ind el
h .s ooncoilcil on mom..
oI the old ntook hers la honor...dr goot Vnlr or , z
erleene mlddllna 76 1&t Wnlkeliolit u Nteli report
the market rower with Iron, concenaion in the prices
for inferior qualitlea, 0114311111 mtd.Wng. 7301; rriianda.
slid.
THE CITY.
ENINO
AXE'ICLc ACkla , Elor {laic, Braid and Lomat
street. —" The .41.1rtn Velpors" . .
hleileveL liett.,:‘leatetetreet.—Old Folks' Cenuert
Coteeet,y.
NATIO 1 AL THEATRE. *tent BITAA. between Etintli
th
od Niath.— •• Dan aa'a ream or Chivalti."
VVALluit-STstai Taiga raft twat,. Walnut ant
Ninth atreets.—" Irish Arsurdn^e and Ynnken Modes
ty"—" An Hour to atv.l e- • Brian O'Li no."
WHS.. & 4.11.&& &I'S /1&...“-6Te. tett riliiATZ..
Arch street %hove Qtxth.—" A Leur,hteA'e Vow"—
• Ottie.t of Interest."
Tesirtr. or Wosoeue. northeast corner Tenth mad
Chestnut etreete.—hener Lititz.
hlrtht:tog ilt s I/A ter (Leos street. treknr Third.—
entertatnments DlXbt
LIVIIIoPuLIT•V HALL fnyne'sf'ortittbnt , eett, Ba• 14-
.nt. chestnut street, Rear 41.11.1— .• thitsba's Sla•
daunt of Art."
CtrY CotTactLe.—Both hrcnches of Cow:Leib
hold stated mewing' y ••ttord ty tfterno.m.
SELECT COUNCIL —The f alsing COMMUnfea .
tions Were rec,tred and ..ppropriltely rvferril :
From the Commis-loner of City Property i n
grower to a resole tium stating that the quo° Of now
paving ruloirml opposite to property of the city is
tbout o 20 tqa tre yards, whizh. at fifty cent! per
card, will cost 02,00 out of the appropriation of
33 000 1128 , 10 fur the purpose.
The special committee open the ruljost of the
erection of woolen buillturs reported hwk the
ordinance prohibiting such creation. referred to
them, with eivAry amendments The ordinance
was Inc,tratcd by the lire to trshil reemu.
manic I' by the SI tyor. It prAibits the future
oreuint of any buil ling whose ext e rior is w h o lly
or pertly et weal iu any portion of the built-up
ottv.
The fret amendment wain ftvord Mentlaet
ring building+, which wee ftvored oy Mr lientr:o
Ind oppostd b.) Mr Neal. Mr. Coyle, eon i lered the
bill, HA frnned by Fire 3f2trr,ii fil•rcknure.
weexe. ptioircbte. end eviyoctrrd pacrszo.
Mr. Wetberill thought that some of ita pow-talons
would prevent the entiatTUCtlOn of any rolle g m in e
or other manufactories, (re which large shed+ were
nrorldary, and the erection of which, under tome
of the protitiona of the hill, would be illegal.
Mr. Benton advoetted the pan ige of the amend
ment in favor of rho exemption of rrocrien factories.
and urged that at 'toy future time the ordinance if
weed, may he repealed. The MI was recom
The Finance Cro=littee reported in favor of m
ooting the sureties of mt. W.. V. 31.Gratb,
lye City Treasurer. Adopted.
The Committee on Water reported resolutions
for the transfer of certain items of appropriation.
Agreed to.
Mr. Leidy presented a report front the Cblor En.
ginner of the progrese ro.ote towards the comets.-
tton of the Banbury and Erie it iilroad, which wu
°Mend to be printed le the appendix.
'the Coh!rmittee on It: Broads reported In fPror
of permitting the Thirteenth rid Fifteenth street.
Railroad to construot a turn-ont upon their track
at Broad and Carpenter streets. in order that their
oars may run to the Ba timers Railroad depot.
Laid over.
The ordinance pros ling for the removal of the
office of the .ii.urgt triat, and the II:ling up of the
was pas4e4 finally.
do election for mat.agor of Willa Ilosp.t•l re
.ulted in the unanimous chcke' of Mr. fioheit
Beth.ll.
A reso!ntion, that the Committee of Highways
furnish to Councils a full list of all rnli arta ordered
to he constructed during the ye,tr. wi.h all par
tl.3ulare concerniag their dimensions, dz.., was
unanimously agreed to.
Mr Davis off , ted a resolution tgat all the con
tracts that bare been awarded in the Department
of Ifighstsys prier to July Ist 1659, t.r constrwt
ing culverts under the ordinance of November 11.
1854, shall ho presented to Colncils, together with
all confronts for opening, paving and grading
streets. nr for one other purpose. that have not
been ermemenced, and are not now under nrce3ess of
execution; and that the Chief Comrniseloner shall
at wee notify all contrac•ors to whom this may ap
ply of the pass tge of this resolution R, fdrr,l
A resolution to release the secoritles of John
Wnrd wit presented amt n A reed to.
Mr. Norman celled the attention of the Chamber
to a portrait of Thomas Paine which had been sent
there by the owners of the pictore—Mr. Forrest_
L.
w e
and others—who ware desirous Melo-
nate it to the elm and that it should have a ul4ee
among the Revolutionary berm in ledependenee
Rail.
On a former neaasion the question was not con
sidered. because the portrait wee pet in the room.
Mr. 'Norman offered a resolution that the picture
be alo.nted.
Mr. Neal moved to refer to the Committee on City
Prno•rty.
Mr. Jones hoped not, bat that the pleb:ire be
aeppnted
Mr Mcintyre wanted to know if the picture was
an original or a copy He would look with dicfe
vor upon any measure which would crowd the Hall
with mere copies , .
0
Mr. Norman replie , l that it wee a COPT by Mr.
en.i f vm%le of the orhtinal. ----
Sfr
Dveron obj-c.ed to the reception of the por
trett. pt. from hip pettiest ehildhnotl he hod berm
tetuht to reprohate the ehntecter of Tom Paine.
While ronee.lioz the intelleetogl zrentnese of the
men. hdt in morolitiee were never denied, while
hi. , infidel teorbirge phouhi be eefficient to evelnde
hit portrelt from o place in Independence Hot
Ha we• .( 11 y to oppoee the tneeture, but felt bound
to forst- ache bed dehe
Mr. Norman wee not Reflilftifl . lo with the zen
lemen who desired to donate the nortrait. They
;are it. not because he wee au inflict. but beeauee
he wrote ably fir the cent. , of independence. No
man had a cleaner rrnr.l then Tow Paine &mini ,
the it, , rniti`iim, end hi. robriott.rn and veneration
should he rf membered Jr w. rekaet Ida partrait be
e-nee he wee na Infidel, Me. 'Norman add be would
rote for the removal of several rorteatts already
thene nn the same ground. etnmmx them are the
portraits of .Te?••reran and Fraoktin, wbt ae. ortho
dory it annbte I.
Mr. Nr.l riving?) , orpn‘n•l irg rnreptinn. and
Twirl •even; orrerts from Painn'il Aze of ffelme.
from tb, work, of John Arlernx ennd•mnirir
P•tn•'e career and prioriplet, in erippnrt of his ar
zumant
A rer some forth•r , l•hlte, the motion to pr.•lrnn
th• rongitrati on of the susjett for one week we
to.
The Ch•mher rernee4 to eonror to the *sr en.i•
ment of Common Connell to the hill orobiit;tint:
orpxencter rallwere from •hnrtenin2 their motes or
e , netrucqing turves, witht,ut the s%nation of Coon
e4
The a mendment of Carmen Conn-il. permillinr
the lleatenvflle Pee•ender Reflected he lay their
tulle over the Wire hrt IV', WAS enneurml
A eemAntlnn to elrtiln the parade 'rem]. In th
enutbern part of the city, by means of s enhreit
weft agreed In.
An OIAitiPTICO to nutnrize a Irem to meet' th
debt of the city maturing in ISM nee passed awn!
mnnotv
A resolntion onthorisirc tho Mayor to virertito
for nroposnis fora loan of S7IHI nAn .as nzrf.^l to
A reonintion to cant an oililltionol section in the
morkot in Mitysmoneing avenue was refsrred to
cornmittoo.
A re , nhitien eatherienz the Comet.' Inner nr
Nfirkree to Trth', an ebtrement in the rents of
Welnot•+h•et ferry wee azreed re.
The hill for the tilectinn of vaccine phvainiene wee
up, and after acme debate ite further eon
dieretton wn. poatramed
An ordinance tn eltahlish a Setarday•night
market at Broad anti R9oe etrrea woe agreed tn
A rcaoln , lon, relieving the anon... Mon of the Hope
Engine and the Marion and America Hors Com.
paniee, we. agreed to
A rreolntion from Common Connell, anthnrhing
the Commieeinner of Matitet TIDD•Pe to advertise
for nrono.al• for four additional Bectiona on Girard
avenue, wan agreed to
Adjourned.
A communication etas received !mm the Guar•
dlao• of the Poo-, asking the traroter of certain
tra•t fani• in the hiMIS of the Treasurer. Refer
red to the Cnmmittee nn Tru•te
Mr. L^nehlin. a petition Raking for the p•'eage
of nn or linenee atehoriting the appointment of
pnli~e oaf •er. in the Teenty-third ward. Referred
to the Committee nn
Mr 11 7 14 tar slihmittni the. (.11nyrInz protoitt
The undersigned. weathers of Common Councils.
rotes! avipat the p.e tette of that mart of the
matinee." fixing , the tax rate for 'be year 1$& el
',wing 13 Dente in the hundred dollars to 'Flea.
part. of the city which supply their own poor, for
the followinz imagoes!
The onliranee is halei neon an arerentietio
nf s22' 917 for poor nurpeae. oh'eh would leave
a hal tree of not Waite f ur Ihou.and dollar* f ir
futtber appropriation to that denartment. This
sum the undersigned believes to be en'ire'y in
wieqnplea
In 1"85.+t the reperae+ of the poor depart-
men; were
In other went., the ,y, raga pirer.er have been
.hoot 5270 (W) it year. ard ihe smilteet ;n , n 1.en , 1-
ea ay. '42-13,000—52_ 4 4,917 is the sum asked for the
year 1680
Tho ureient guardian+ are now in the exerei•o of
their diving. and are therefore etreedingly likely
to deCTORPO the rum reqnired, and In priteiee it
hea been found that wore anprepala lout ore
al
vay mated fnr and mide, end extra Approprietint s
for deneieneiel in 1839 for ah ttt $l5 nee hare been
nn•ted by thie hotly. end will prob,bly be passed
finally. All each appropriation• will hare to be
wiled to the nprnprintinnii for 18 Se
The undersigned theref , re prottit against the
naa•nge of the ordinance htoeuee it gives a f?l,e
of tax ttion, and as a eontequenee tine& in,la•.
tion to tho.in nortfonq of the city rupportinc their
own poor. bwanin it unfairly dirninishca their poor
rate allowances for the rear 1.9.0.
The document was placed on the minute.,
r. Ward euhreltted a reeolutinn authorizing the
tlonimir , ioner of lltghwnve to report whether the
Phitati , lphia and Baltimore Railroad Company
have violated an orlinatme in layine their track at
Front owl etreete .treed to.
A communication was received from H. T. IC;ng
ley{.. r Olin; attention to e.rtnin Hot.r
t by the Board of Health. Referral to the
C nominee en rvey
Tho rorpli•nlent to the nerlinenee enthnrizir
•he Appointment of r Cowl !Una on Printing An
p vend by Select Council, lens eon
t•re.l in.
The ordinnnee ni.apfl by Sph.9, Coti9pil. cue pi e .
m oot., to lb. ordiuonee rerszletinz the perenrer
rood., forbidding the oorrtruction of ILIPTI•rtIi.,
ihn oilot tent oz. of the route.. wee cot...tarred in.
Mr. !ticker. of, the Cmom; , ten on Firmer. cot,
'nittod An ordinenrn Authorizing tit sole of city
loon. in the Pinking fund, to meet Item falling doe
in 1010 Agreed to.
Al.) en ordinanNe making An apnronrieion of
000 to pov the ofrorke in the ennt r011er...1 deport.
men , for the registration or to trron.. qlree conmli
i,tioo. And for rroordine twirr•poi.l wArritn . tt
Alto 3200 to John I.l.lllant. for A zituiler renter
under 9 rortunittoc of
Mr 0' Vrill moved to amend, to ralm the sppnd
pril"ran to Mr. 1). to s3+o
Mr Miller paid the whole work could he dlne for
410(1, end this proposed apprupri Via{ Wag squan
&tin • the (ferrate' , " money.
The amendment we 100.
Mr Quinn moved m amend to make the sum
SI 1100 and other am.mdut-n.. , were prop-Fed,
which gave 11'3e to lengthy debate of no
int«rost to the public, and of but little credit to the
partioina nte.
An amendment to make the rnm $l.l O OO Rai
agreed to and the ordin 'nee paawl,
The till, from the other branch. authorizing the
mayor to ,irortill3 for Formals for the new loan,
troy onneorred In
S•Teral bills authorizing certain Items of appeo
priAtion to left transferred to the Ili,rhway and
(Mine dPnermen•?. to meet menses between the
nresent time and the first proximo, were e - montred
in
!L•fr Miller rreFented a report provislinir for the
roretrucihin of a new twhke o'rer ka9d inq
Railroad, oa the line of Font greet, Ordered to
be printed.
Mr. Craig, from the Committee ert /rut!, re
pirted s rtaantion antharixtog the Chief Kegineet
of the tyre Department to dean , oertaln warrants
is favor of the et..arn fire enxineeoceptuder, Decatur
and flood Will 110.0 Agreed so.
AISO. a rteolatt.•n providing for the intrplue
tion of en alarm box into the Good i ill Bowe.
Agreed to.
There teat no farther balineos of public interet
tracomote4.
Ar EATILAOSINSARY Cl= or ATTE - ATTE:Dr
AlllOl —A fire broke eat kb( at two &clerk yea
tenta• in a large War-story builditryf crww-I
uncapied by Stream. Lippirwt t Eve, at 016 Fil-
Atreet. Mu known as Ltpoiwoott's ballast'.
Mr. L is a Ininuf , e'artr c mineral water. awl
oe..enpi.s the cellarwed fret story rf the
Tulin building In his latilnear His faintly re.
416 in c c 'un't7, and when ID the ei.y
he and his son sleep in lb* third enry of the
'twit building. 11134 were there on Fre.inesi , y.
ni " f ' t • ThP,'"° 24 airy of the wain boildirc
IS Wapner] by inn si‘tons nant,i Curtix in the
tnantu—makinc berfetee—the fr,nt part of the
HIM bt inc u-ed ea a s.ore, aol the bad/ neet es •
ehetnber. hting divvied by • eerie:rt. Th. rhi. - 1
story. end the one in *ht.} , the limericks... 3. is
omnpled Fn hiefers. Kraft g iniven.r. In the men.
"rieTre of 1 ° . : 1 / 4 iolf'7. 11 rrelA rletere frames. 76at
rnirtn try it Oetilp;f4 by Arthur ll.gyn as a
tai!orinc eatahlithrnent. "
Between seven and ten o'clock no Redeetl••
eveeing an enutual trorere.eet and myammoterm
sound, and tosses were heard by 51.. Ml•ees Curtis
in the morn immediately over theittr. hues r^
seining that they were net... Weed by the empte::l4
.4 Hagen. er bribes., of Kraft and Tutbener. were
not Ahmed, They lire heard what erwr3ml to
bo two pertain , (Preying entriethinf up attire. The
noi•es e•aeed almeof 111 o'-ioek in' the ever ire.
About 12 o'. fork. when Histen and hie entrinviir
left, .the building apnee•ed to he MO with
e reenlist kind of odor. seetlatektrieti ty
sliertng fames and an emcees! ilegrest of hest—
en much es *at If. on and him workmen were
eompelled leave fortuer then treat. Atnut this
t;me the Miler. Curtly, wenn hal retired at tee
eclock. were awakened by the brat and Angular
tmeil. and coon looking up to the eel? re obeerviel
annethine drop. They error at ;him jorettare. and
attar emareitine the prentimea f , r a lane tint... 007
conctad.l th it there wee rerrehlrg wove:
in the mom ....rimed They mtemo , iirelyerevied
the statte, feted the d.or of the Inert meettrely
f•s'ened. and that the L•e was rawirgineele
Mr. Lippincott and him eon were re , tier+ller)
broke open the door After vein endztarnem to rut tta
ere nut. they (ailed for ammimtennes 06•er Erietter
sammoned the Diligent rygire ermrstry at twee,
and in a short time the dunes were extinguished.
Lost be are. about $303
At an early 11 , 41 r yesterday marrtng , Oilers
Simler was tetbeed that there was roirethirg
wrong. and reported it to Liert Patter. who very
properly directed that every person who earns to
Kraft k Tuberer's estebriehm•nt eheald be
token into camtody to await an investigation of
the ease by Fire Marshal Blackburn.
The preparations made by the ineendiary went
of a ma-t etartling roalpinti end extntarlinary
-haracier. On the third flan. fronting on Filbert
Erect, in Kraft and Tubener's reom. where the
are broke rut, a large amount of enachnatiblea bad
been collected. consisting of ahavimga ebine, and
other inflammable articles. There was alert aes n
of turpentine containing at !roe five , irt r iOna of
thin fluid which had been capsized on the 'haring,.
It rat in this matt of eilhit4ll3.4 that the 6 , e ori
gtnated. It burned through the
diately above the bed occupied by the Cur
tis en 1 had it not been for the ticerly
the barging me re would in a few airtatea be
fallen on the arretNeeri , co vie:time
The moat singulge part of this affair, samming
even that the whole party in emdafr are in
not er t. is the multi:ate of sttiriet tot I
by Kraft to senorita for the . eireateetan.
tie! evideree that everywhere •11 rounded
It wee in erideree that there Iraq. a Ivrerinter*r44
on the property than it wee worth. and then 'gran
had made errseeemente nn the day of the fire for
en extra leentar ce ors theussrel dotter, on a Nst.
naintings that were to be brought to his stn-e.
trace of these peintinge was 'bible, and the story
ie regerlsel at a fahrleation
Draft wse last evering roma:tilted by Aldermen
liibbard to await his trial. The sober porde',
with the exceFien of the hey. were die:harged.
Great eredit is ea• to Lieetenant bitten. Offn-or
Simler. and Fire 31eishal Bleeklaurn, for their
promptitude and energy in unrevellinr the entan
gled web surrounding thin exsraordieary ease.
TaOrBIX. AMONG rut FAST—DUCtIft cc
the. Gambler, —Between 11 and 12 o'clock last
.vening, a number of the Mayer's Detective Of
tleere, accompanied by a section of the merle
corps, paid a visit to several of our city rambiln;
bonnet. The Sett eetablishment visited was that
of Wm. Enos. No 41 booth hiereirk ,treat. On
entering, the room was found filled with a large
number of gentlemen, to the number of fifty or
sixty, who Were busily eogsged in a game cf
fern. The banker, Mr. Cheries Garrison. was
eeeted at the table at that time, dealing oat the
earls with all the affability and dexterity be
coming his reepens , ble gins:lon. The tablet wsa
eurronndei by a vc-irt reiteve erd excited crowd,
eagerly bartering for eheeke. anti wittetirg with
on interest as interne att life the frets on the fresh
ly appealing card. A large number of eteeki
were, on the table, as well as come eighty-five dol
lars In hulk AP mon as the deteetlyes grecs/eta
their errand, there - was a teens rash es Nisy h e
easily imagined. The treptistion was meet in
tense. There were men in that espr Bed excited
throng whose names wentd real harshly in • polls.
Item—men of all &moss anti deeeriotiors—men
from the coanting-hetras and emort-hoeses. from the
mansion and the hamlet—all fired by the cos de
-11 VP for rein, and all eagerly watching the slow
and ealeolating hanker with y intereiry.
The warm , n' the dime specified the °tient
of their eereb. 31 , . Castle, tiarr , e.m. who wail
taken kW earthy. The deaths, the tvm-table,
the cards xlvi *bpir eiteer-ease. the teerdeeunter,
and all the paraphernalia of the wee/7 Ind* were
recovered, and are now at the Central S'a•lut.
:lir Garrison game bail and will bare a bearing to
ilet.
AbAt the WWI time visits were made to the
hnuse. 1g smith Ninth street. N:. game way
in progr es. and ea evidences of its enntereplation
were visible. Mr Cooper end Me. Ilickiner were
arrested nn the watrnt. These eh +reef. are heard
we believe on the oath ore rietim at the gambling
-11 o apprehend that this wtlitre the end of
, he off•ir. as we bare never yet heard of the end
ea dozen eases like thie already on, the rseori.
The reeton of this Is,
that in many &ties thew. affi
davits Cr- mode end the erreet• carried oat Inv
parpre of evortinz meeey. Di4r , o-nrntsb• as. Ibis
preettee is. it f• ee1...1014-re a eotnillat* are. and
the Prnoer 0e!..r.! ehneld take meneures to prevent
its trwArrenee in the present ix:SULU*
REATORLD 71) RIS PARFSTS.—A d'. or two
ago we annonneed the Csaprenrance nt ••Icy sty at
ten yatra ofd, who left his tom- ea Fr twr last,
-TO that a hemisome reweri bad bees. efe•rei
his yeenvery. The I,ronts of the boy. rented Crer.ly,
rt.i le in Sixth street, near Vine. Every exerrien
was mode by the detectives tosseertain his where
ab u e. and daily inquiries were made by his
friends. who were exzeedinely att•ebed so him. es
to the welt of their endeavors. Teveriev morn
ing Mr. Cornly, the father of the lad. ertiterd at the
3l•yor's ofi.na to tikes farther reeatrtir•• fm hie re
eovery Whilst enneersimr with Chief Butlers in
*.efertilea to the matter a milkmen. named Roston,
milled sod stated that hi: little dluebrers had met
is. the street. near the Good Intent Work., in the
Twenty-fourth ward. a b.-y who enarrered, in every
partieuler, the des...TlT:oin, aired in the advertise
ment Ire wen eryinr bitterly. •nd suer as,re a ,,l e a
him to avntmmoy them to their ftther'e bonse.
Uron being interrogated. he said that hien...me wee
Stopely, that he was an Orphlls, that he reeided
with some reletives who were abeent on a bridal
tour, and Lb it he had been turned into the street
lie said that hie epate clothing. which was pecked
in a bundle, had teen lest in hi. 'renderings. and
(bet he had slept in bens end sheds. After hear
nr this statement, Mr Corn!) , amid K•treely be
'love that the boy was his son. lie treemonenied
Mr. Boston, hnwever, and in a short time bed the
setisfac , ion of embrreeing his child What eould
hays induced the boy to leave his home in the Grit
nisee, and afterwards to concoct such stories, re
mains a mystery.
Rev. John flhembent. of this city, ai teemed the
young men of ltaltimore on lost Wednesday eve.
ning. The Patriot of yesterday. notieieg the fact,
stye:
T.Rat erenire gone a nonitv ennzrecsttim as
s-milled in the Charles.sereet M e •heeree
ehureb. (n , wiludsziinx tl. ireemenes of •hg
weith.rl. to /leen to a die— arse from [be Rev.
fohn Cha.wh7rs, A I) . of Philslelphls. with .07.-
4,1 referent, t the I , llDr. IMO of oar eite. After
two arpnvori tie hymn,. and the reeding
of Pant'. 6'h chapter of the Second Letter to the
1 ,,, ,:0tti.05. he ane.onneed the f.tllnwinn text:
thertflire these nromdlea, vie ie . ) , heinetd,
le' no einenee mirselvea from ell filthiness of the
fi.sh and spirit, perfectier boliresa in the fear of
11 rl Wherefore cesmo nut from limner ilea% ar
It• ye sepses's, a ith thn Lout, ani tespb re' the
tinekin Itirr, and I receive you • and will he
a rather unto yon. ant ye shell he 'en sort ant
ihnti.brerr. eall3 the Lord Almie re *—Le`e-c•ed
from the 6 h. and 7111 chapters of Corinthisrs.
The reverend gintleinen. with characteristic
strength an! rive of style, revierrei the aotleot
n atter of the text wilt atotirr, at d a' the close
0 re a RPOlCition t , those ere,
eent—earnerly te'kechinz tbo34 wto were rot at
wish the Almigh'y too adder the %Mention
eta invitation of the text, a.nl unite with hts
non
. 244 om
... 211 ono
... 274 nno
00,1
INTEREATING EXEROISES Ay ZANT-STREE2
.5 . 4.790 , L —Yestexlmv afternoon. at the zwae.street
turfs' Grammar &hoot the young la lies who rem
itt.o.,l the lag graduating clams. and who are rear
pupils In the 'Norms! Sehool, were presented wish
their diplomas for meritorious emnduct and good
scholarship. in a new , speech by Mr. Steinnterv, of
'ho School Board. These were received on 1.1,11
of her comrades, in some graceful remmtkm ho Mine
Mary 6. Duna, who in return presented Miss IVet , h,
the principal teacher of the schcol, w;th a splendid
•• eslor caso,'' as a token of the poffes.innvi. Irg•rd
entertained for one whwe ymrenral it hvl
softened the rigor of incYructi , n in the rreitsticn
-wee. A valedictory address lag, thPrstleqverva
by Mica Conway. Several ech?ol directors who
were present, also male srecches appronrimte nr
the ocet9lon. The ctrl' irr re in holiday attire. anti
worn 01.'4 111,0tirq, miles. The arr.rs was most
end will not eon be forgotten by the
dclighted rlrtk,irant..
SALE Or Ilterrarg. &e.—Mossra. C. J. Trois
herr and Co. sold. "ester - NT n erring. number of
f a cel:.lnnzinz to the cetera
o'J J Vsneyekel. The sate Vsnic place ti
•he seeord story of C' , e - kering's Entblin t. in
..sly
Che.trnt Circe% acct Atrr•• • ei a kip 11311L4- r f
elnnoi+A-ur• RwhermArg pletnre rqt „re's
St"; r'el.e" cold f $237 Sal The t•Bi.th of re.
rri - brooch , .7740 ; "Lake Lucerne" sold - or
" A View nets Cllamounr sot-I for $152 ,i 0:
•• A Vess . to Italy" brought TIN; mr4 King
Lest." a 'ketch by Rotherrnei. IMS poll for $ll5.
DEL 4. WARE COCNTIr PASts NEER
This rase, extend;ng !va Leven Prep , , in the
Twenty-roorth ward, clue the Wm .- Chet er rom4
to the Howard nose the Delaware county
a dktanee of fsctr miles has been eornele , d,
aerl will Ns plmced in OD! tAtiOn in a few days The
ear* will he run every two hours, and srp'ic , tb
will be made to C•nnei's far r•era,t-sion to elr'y
freight between midnight an I devtigh , to men tar
modato the farmers in br:nging pro i=e to
atm ket
rouricaL.—The friends of the People's
parry held s reeetir,e at f--nr , b mas.l Wmatineton
streets, nn Wednerrimy LODZ Theresa Ti Sear
burn presided Several sp-rechee were merle, end
a series of resolut , ons were adoryed,
party wilt ele'st d• t esrste• to 'he &ate and 11MR - cal
Conventions, on Tuesday next
FALSE AL tE4 —Tha alarm of fire, about
two o'clock Yesterday eftrrnoeot, wee crowd e
striking of the telegraphie etgu,l b.r.is 'is.,
Eirh , h-ward l,?undo:its
na'er nr tic
PETIT LARCEN7.-- A ins :7.t, ,•1 t r ,thingtort
yesterday marina. he'd Mlichzd irol.el for • far
Cher hearing on the charge of taking a lot 4 brawl
valued at seven dollars, feta the fCiandA ri.
cf a Mac_
rts, Watt, L Qv., at watch tit Ira' sat